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  <section id="xcode">
<span id="generator:Xcode"></span><h1>Xcode<a class="headerlink" href="#xcode" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
<p>Generate Xcode project files.</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.15: </span>This generator supports Xcode 5.0 and above.</p>
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<section id="toolset-and-build-system-selection">
<span id="xcode-build-system-selection"></span><h2>Toolset and Build System Selection<a class="headerlink" href="#toolset-and-build-system-selection" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>By default Xcode is allowed to select its own default toolchain.
The <span class="target" id="index-0-variable:CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../variable/CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET.html#variable:CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET" title="CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET"><code class="xref cmake cmake-variable docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET</span></code></a> option may be set, perhaps
via the <a class="reference internal" href="../manual/cmake.1.html#cmdoption-cmake-T"><code class="xref std std-option docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmake</span> <span class="pre">-T</span></code></a> option, to specify another toolset.</p>
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<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.19: </span>This generator supports toolset specification using one of these forms:</p>
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<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">toolset</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">toolset[,key=value]*</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">key=value[,key=value]*</span></code></p></li>
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<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">toolset</span></code> specifies the toolset name.  The selected toolset name
is provided in the <span class="target" id="index-0-variable:CMAKE_XCODE_PLATFORM_TOOLSET"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../variable/CMAKE_XCODE_PLATFORM_TOOLSET.html#variable:CMAKE_XCODE_PLATFORM_TOOLSET" title="CMAKE_XCODE_PLATFORM_TOOLSET"><code class="xref cmake cmake-variable docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_XCODE_PLATFORM_TOOLSET</span></code></a> variable.</p>
<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">key=value</span></code> pairs form a comma-separated list of options to
specify generator-specific details of the toolset selection.
Supported pairs are:</p>
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<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">buildsystem=&lt;variant&gt;</span></code></dt><dd><p>Specify the buildsystem variant to use.
See the <span class="target" id="index-0-variable:CMAKE_XCODE_BUILD_SYSTEM"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../variable/CMAKE_XCODE_BUILD_SYSTEM.html#variable:CMAKE_XCODE_BUILD_SYSTEM" title="CMAKE_XCODE_BUILD_SYSTEM"><code class="xref cmake cmake-variable docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_XCODE_BUILD_SYSTEM</span></code></a> variable for allowed values.</p>
<p>For example, to select the original build system under Xcode 12,
run <span class="target" id="index-0-manual:cmake(1)"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../manual/cmake.1.html#manual:cmake(1)" title="cmake(1)"><code class="xref cmake cmake-manual docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmake(1)</span></code></a> with the option <a class="reference internal" href="../manual/cmake.1.html#cmdoption-cmake-T"><code class="xref std std-option docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-T</span> <span class="pre">buildsystem=1</span></code></a>.</p>
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<section id="swift-support">
<h2>Swift Support<a class="headerlink" href="#swift-support" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
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<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.4.</span></p>
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<p>When using the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Xcode</span></code> generator with Xcode 6.1 or higher,
one may enable the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Swift</span></code> language with the <span class="target" id="index-0-command:enable_language"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../command/enable_language.html#command:enable_language" title="enable_language"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">enable_language()</span></code></a>
command or the <span class="target" id="index-0-command:project"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../command/project.html#command:project" title="project"><code class="xref cmake cmake-command docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">project()</span></code></a>.</p>
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<section id="limitations">
<h2>Limitations<a class="headerlink" href="#limitations" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>The Xcode generator does not support per-configuration sources.
Code like the following will result in a generation error:</p>
<div class="highlight-cmake notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nf">add_executable(</span><span class="nb">MyApp</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">mymain-</span><span class="o">$&lt;</span><span class="no">CONFIG</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nb">cpp</span><span class="nf">)</span>
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